. >> bret: the most recent poll to ask the questions was thursday, cnn orc poll found 63% believe that republicans were not acting responseably. 51% said republicans would bear the bankrupt of the blame if the debt ceiling was not raised compared to 30% who would blame president obama and 15% would blame both. do you think you have lost some of the political capital that you had after the november 10 election? >> it's only in washington do you get rewarded for doing nothing. sometimes when you lead, you get shot at. we did not get elected to worry about the next election. we got elected to worry about this country. we're going to do what is right. right. that is what we're setting out. maybe we'll ruffle feathers but we're tired of the gimmicks and the budget tricks no more broken promises. the american people have the right to know the truth. that's what we are doing and we'll ruffle feathers to do it. >> bret: the past two weeks, past month has been about the debt ceiling, national debt. critics say republicans are not focused on the most important thing; that's, creating job. especi